A short Chris Boyce "Pridelands" biography

The Pridelands was written in the Summer of 1996; mainly during the long
golden sunset days of July. So, what makes a 34 year old father of two girls:
Mary, 5 and Eleanor, 4, write a script for a Disney style film? Don't ask me,
I don't really know. It all started in Corrola on the Outer Banks, NC back in
September 1994 when Elton John's latest songs came on the radio. I saw The
Lion King for the first time over a year later, on video. I was hooked for
life. My script started off with an idea for a treatment for another Elton
John song: The One. At that time I tentatively called the script 'The Lion
Prince' but soon I decided to concentrate more on the female characters and
it became 'The Pridelands'. I soon knew I had to do this properly, that is to
try and write a full length script that Disney might just conceivably have
considered making into a real film. They won't of course but I can always
dream! As a self-employed engineer and programmer I can be flexible about
when I work to some extent. During the summer I had little paid work to do so
writing filled the time, it also pays but not financially. It's a wonderful
feeling to know that someone else can share my private world and see things
through my eyes. Hopefully that is what will happen to you when you read The
Pridelands. Hopefully I can take you away to the land where the rustle of
long grass shows the Pridelands Queens are out and about doing what they do
best, but it's Ok, you're not a zebra. Oh you are? Well, keep your eyes and
ears open, it's going to be a hard sunset....

22nd November 1996
Chris Boyce, Bsc